Opinion: Cuomo Steps Up for Charter Schools

New York Post editorial writer Robert George on why the Governor’s budget adds funding and new protections for the state’s charter schools. Photo credit: Getty Images.

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... I ... I ... the two to the life well one of New York City mayor buildable Ozzie owes first acts was to take on the city's charter school movement ... net cruise to fall from the governor on Andrew Cuomo that he would protect the charter schools ... well in his budget late last week the New York ... governor did something very close to that the question is did he settled the matter ... here to describe the state of the city's charter schools with this is New York Post editorial writer Robert George and Robert had to mild and so ... are Cuomo said he was to protect these charter schools budget came out last week and a lot of people think that he did exactly that he pretty much dead dead the working primed for primarily with the Republican more or less controls on state Senate ... he won blocks ... amid applause you ... from ... shutting down the so-called co location ... of ... of the chalk of charter schools that's number one ... and for the first time ... they decided to make a and who will be the first unit he ... then Charter's and district schools the district schools get that deftly helps them and most of all ... come they said that ... for those schools that don't have space ... up as they as they expand as they go up in grades and so forth Charter's ... on the state will let me come finances available for them to ... um to rent rents space if the if the city to city can't find space for ... well in our honor it was pretty clear I think most was that of Mayor DeBlasio had in mind to start a process that would erode support for the charter schools starting with the three that the ... pushed out of their location exactly and the question is ... is he going to succeed in that process nor does he have to reboot this strategy is to be Charter's he's gonna have to read through and ... he stuck in he noticed a on the impact was having on his poll numbers a couple weeks ago Tussauds to two consecutive polls showed him ... bomb under aam led around forty five forty percent ... of approval and for a new man that's that's a wake up call ... on Sunday a week ago he was at the Riverside Church what he has since did this rather large vehicle was saying that he realized he needed to have a different approach to ... them to Charter's so that it's not the big day that I think he's going to take a slick straight now and he may he still gonna have an adverse reaction reaction in relationship to which charges but he realizes that this was the key to the losses fight and it's it's better for him to fight another day another poetry with it ... Robert I think he's probably good boy and what's his wounds but clearly he and his supporters still want to offer the role of the charter movement here I guess the question is what avenues to see happen this point to try to go in that direction ... well it that the that that this the the the the city Department education is one of the is one of the two or three chartering bodies so if they if they opt to um women than ... an expansion on the onthe just from the ... aam from the authorizing Sets sights set on standpoint ... aam they can they can at least they can be slowed down the charter movement but ... the fact that the governor is still remains a strong that Ally means that the Charters um that they still have a voice in Vienna police in Albany in the Kinston they can say that and um ... in fact one of the total chore leaders pointed out ... there are fifty thousand students still on the total wait list and those and they need to be a they need to be dressed up it's a great but we're going to watch him thanks alot Robert ...